The "Party
in the Park" - for RAGBRAI 2004 - was an unbelievable success for
Keystone, the Keystone RAGBRAI committee, and Dave & Lynda Holliday
- who arranged the visit by "Bob Dorr and the Blue Band." According
to some of the riders taking part, it was also one of the best stopping-points
they had ever encountered while riding in RAGBRAI!

It didn't
look too promising, to start with - the skies had opened earlier in the
morning - and by the time the first RAGBRAI riders had reached Keystone,
at around 7:30 am, the town was more than a little damp. By 9:30am, it
was still in question whether or not Bob Dorr & the Blue Band would
be able to set-up on their trailer in the parks basketball court.

The heat
from all of the riders arriving, however, must have pushed what clouds
there were away, as it soon started to dry up, and the band agreed that
it looked good for a 12-noon start!

The whole
town had pulled together, to bake pies and desserts, put together pork
sandwiches and tacos, and gather together the necessary refreshments (and
kybos!) for what was expected to be 1000 riders.

When the
riders just didn't stop arriving, we knew that something bigger than we
expected was coming to town! An estimate of over 3000 riders passed through
Keystone, most of them stopping for a while, to rest, eat, possibly even
have a massage, and then they started dancing to Bob Dorr & The Blue
Band!

When the
organised food ran out, grills were set-up, and the call went out for
hamburger, hot-dogs and buns for both - to keep feeding the hoards of
hungry riders ...

Even though
the band had to pack-up at 2:30 pm, the dancing and fun went on and on
- and riders were still arriving after 5pm!